nanogui: Testing the 4 planes Vga Driver - Bare hardware
Subject:
Testing the 4 planes Vga Driver - Bare hardware
From:
Rosimildo daSilva ####@####.####
Date:
5 Oct 1999 19:22:19 -0000
Message-Id: <199910051915.MAA25653@www2.xoommail.com>
Hi guys,
I am trying to test the "4-planes VGA driver" on a bare hardware.
PC with a S3- Trio64 video card ( DELL GXM ).
The code runs in protected mode and it does not have BIOS access.
I have fixed the MK_FP( ) macro to return a "flat" pointer.
When I run the application nothing happens, except for the printfs
that I put on the code. Looks like that the card is not entering
in "graphics mode".
It would be nice if a test driver for each "driver" ( Video, Kdb, Mouse )
could be written. The file mou_ser.c has a main() routine that
works as a test driver. It a start there. It was nice to test the
mouse driver.
For the video, I was expecting some BSOD ( Blue Screen of Death ) or
something like that. I guess this is not Windows. :-)
Did anybody test this driver recently ?
If so, please give me some ideas how should I go about and test it.
Thanks, Rosimildo.
Thanks,
Rosimildo
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